SYDNEY, July 2 -- AsiaNet
PRESCHOOL CHANNEL...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Malaysia joins Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and
Indonesia on the list of markets where preschoolers are experiencing a fun new
way of learning through Walt Disney Television International's dedicated
preschool service, Playhouse Disney Channel.
http://www.disneychannel-asia.com
http://www.playhousedisneychannel-asia.com
ASTHMA THERAPY...
BASEL: Novartis Pharma AG Thursday submitted its application for the
European approval of Xolair (omalizumab), a novel therapy which targets a root
cause of allergic disease and offers an entirely new approach to the treatment
of allergic asthma.
http://www.novartis.com
BUSINESS STRATEGIES
HONG KONG: DF China Technology Inc. Friday announced its new business
development strategies in a press conference held in Shenzhen, China.
VITAMIN ROLLOUT...
HONG KONG: China Pharmaceuticals Corporation Friday announced the rollout of
the first all-natural liquid multiple vitamin product in a press conference
held in Hangzhou, China.
http://www.dichain.com
http://www.chinapharmaceutical.com
PETRONAS RESULTS...
Petronas has released its financial year results for the year ended 31 March
2004 showing that it posted year group revenue of US$25.664 billion, an on-year
increase of 19.7, while group pre-tax profit jumped 39.3 per cent to US$9.854
billion.
http://www.petronas.com
AMUSEMENT EXHIBITION...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.: Singapore's Minister of State for Trade and Industry, Dr.
Vivian Balakrishnan, will speak at the IAAPA Asian Expo -- the amusement
industry's premier amusement conference and exhibition in Asia -- the
International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) announced
Friday.
http://www.iaapa.org
http://www.iaapaexpo.com
GRAPHICS SOLUTIONS...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.: NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), the worldwide leader
in visual processing solutions, Thursday announced that Fujitsu Siemens
Computers will offer the full range of new NVIDIA Quadro PCI Express graphics
solutions on the CELSIUS K Series, M Series, and R Series workstations.
http://www.nvidia.com
MMC CLARIFICATION...
TOKYO: JPMorgan Thursday said it appreciates Mitsubishi Motors Corporation's
[MMC
] clarification of potentially misleading press reports with regard to
stock purchase.
QUARTERLY DIVIDEND...
HAMILTON: W.P. Stewart & Co., Ltd. Thursday announced that it has declared a
regular quarterly dividend of US$0.30 per common share, payable on 30 July 2004
to shareholders of record as of 16 July 2004.
http://www.wpstewart.com
EMAIL ACCOUNTS...
PARIS: XandMail SA, the digital communication solutions provider, Thursday
announced the availability of XandMail Portal Messaging Center, a global
carrier-grade solution providing access to an internal portal cache which
syndicates external mail accounts.
http://www.xandmail.com
ASAHI GLASS...
TOKYO: This is a redistribution of a press release, released on 23/06/2004
with the following words "glow birefringence(6)" corrected to "low
birefringence(6)" in the last sentence of the fourth paragraph.
http://www.agc.co.jp
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